knoll
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A small mound or rounded hill.
- A rounded, underwater hill with a prominence of less than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.
Synoniemen
hill
hillock
mound
hummock
elevation
mount
hammock
heap
hump
bump
height
knap
kopje
tump
swelling
mud
rising ground
rise
earth mound
earthwork
mould
pile of earth
bulwark
pile
rampart
hurst
knob
monticule
tumulus
sea knoll
sea zone
full
hilly
steep
outcropping
shoulder
cumulus
mountain
bunch
cluster
small mountain
tuffet
tuft
tussock
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/nəʊl/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English knol, knolle, from Old English cnoll (“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (“lump”), possibly related to cnotta. Related to Old Norse knollr (found only in names of places), Dutch knol (“tuber”), Swedish knöl (“tuber”), Danish knold (“hillock, clod, tuber”) and German Knolle (“bulb”).
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